A Beloit-area immigrant removed to Beloit from Rutland, Vt., bought a farm of fifty-six acres and farmed it.

The evidence

• “Y., and, in 1848, manufactured boots and shoes, firm of Johnson, Wells & Co., for three years; in 1851, went to'Ruthuid, Vt., where he manufactured boots and shoes on his own account, for three years, when he admitttd Mr. Littlefield as partner, the firm then being Johnson & Littlefield, and continued for one year ; from Rutland, Vt., he removed to Beloit, Wis., in October, 1855, bought a farm of fifty-six acres arid farmed it for one year, then entered the farming and produce business, selling at retail and shipping to market, and, in connection with Mr. King, under the firm name of King & Johnson, furnished supplies for the soldiers and necessary feed for the horses of the 13th Wis.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/18-bios-beloit.md, PDF p. 749

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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